Inventory Settings Page
FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1 (On-Premises Edition)
The Inventory Settings page
contains settings affecting only the gathering of FlexNet inventory (hardware and software
inventory gathered in the various ways described in the Gathering FlexNet Inventory
PDF, available through the title page of online help).
Tip: This does not include third-party inventory collected from other products (such as
Microsoft SCCM, ILMT, and the like). For other settings that are inclusive and affect all
inventory sources, navigate to the system menu (
in the top right corner)
and choose the tab.
in the top right corner)
and choose the tab.FlexNet inventory is uploaded through one or more inventory beacons (where
the FlexNet Beacon software is installed). For this reason, self-update schedules for
the inventory beacon are included here as well.
Tip: For a separate
group of long-term inventory settings for advanced use, navigate to the system menu ( in the top right corner), choose
System Settings, and select the Inventory
tab.
in the top right corner), choose
System Settings, and select the Inventory
tab.Important: There are some automatic internal targets available for inventory
gathering rules in FlexNet Manager Suite. Activation of these targets requires that you
have clicked Save on this page at least once. You do not need to make
any changes to the default settings on the page: simply clicking Save
ensures that the automatic targets are activated. Once activated, these allow, for example,
targeting all Windows devices, or all OS X/macOS devices, or all UNIX-based devices.